Abortion And A Rogue Supreme Court
In the United States, abortion will be on the ballot this year. Jennifer Rubin argues that the Supreme Court should also be on the ballot: This year, abortion remains a…
Owen Gray
An Age Of Nay Sayers
Canada’s political leaders are having a hard time. Lawrence Martin writes: The Angus Reid Institute put out an analysis last week saying the leaders of Canada’s major federal political parties…
Who He And They Are
Yesterday, Donald Trump crossed the river over to New Jersey and held a rally. Marianne Levine reports: Donald Trump on Saturday insulted the prosecutor who has charged him in his…
Championing Canada
It’s easy to paint Pierre Poilievre as the Trump of the North. His “everything is broken” meme is right out of Trump’s playbook. But Robin Sears writes that turning Poilievre…
Who Would Replace Him?
There’s lots of talk these days about Justin Trudeau resigning. Michael Harris writes: With Trudeau having notched three electoral victories since 2015, nobody is going to push him out —…
Who He Is
You know a man by the company he keeps. Consider this from Althia Raj: Perhaps Poilievre thought he had little to risk when he decided to stop and say hello…
An Intergenerational Battle
A battle is brewing between Canada’s generations. Max Fawcett writes: Young Canadians can be forgiven for being a bit confused by the latest federal budget. For the first time in…
It’s About Over-Extraction
The Liberals say that their budget is about restoring generational fairness. Some economists say that the problem is over-extraction. Evan Dyer writes: “Income matters less than it used to. Access…
In The Gutter
Craig Wallace writes that you can’t run a country on outrage and insults. But that, apparently, is what Pierre Poilievre intends to do. Wallace writes: If recent polls remain the…
Today’s The Day
Today’s the day Donald Trump goes to criminal court. Jennifer Rubin writes: The day has finally arrived for the historic trial in Manhattan of Donald Trump on charges of falsifying…
Idiocy — Pure In Simple
Arizona women are now living with an anti-abortion law that was passed in 1864 before they had the right to vote. Dana Milbank writes: Trump accurately boasts that “I was…
The Dumbest
Max Fawcett writes that Doug Ford is dumbing down Ontario: At an announcement for a new medical school at York University, Ford suggested that he wanted to get rid of…
A Weird, Weird World
Fifty years ago, Louis Armstrong had a big hit singing “What A Wonderful World.” That song doesn’t characterize the world we live in. Susan Riley writes: Anyone looking for evidence…
Here Come The Nutbars
InfoWars nutbar Alex Jones has endorsed Pierre Poilievre. Emily Leedham writes: Pierre Poilievre has earned a new admirer — conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Jones, who regularly promotes conspiracy theories and…
Climate Fools
Max Fawcett writes that Conservative climate policy is a joke: There’s a growing irony in the carbon tax increase falling on April Fools’ Day every year, since it now offers…
Holy, Holy, Holy
Donald Trump is hawking Bibles. Michael Harris writes: It wasn’t cologne. It wasn’t those $399 Never Surrender gold high-top running shoes. It wasn’t a T-shirt featuring Teflon Don’s mugshot. It…
Lies Can Get You A Long Way
Pierre Poilievre keeps repeating a lie. Bruce Arthur writes: The top issue facing Canadians right now, if you ask Canadians, is affordability. Inflation rose, and is falling to a new,…
A Contrary View
If the polls are to be believed, we are headed for a Conservative juggernaut. Susan Riley isn’t so sure: Lurking somewhere between despair and denial, you can spot tiny glimmers…
Wisdom That Will Be Missed
On the day of Brian Mulroney’s state funeral, Catherine McKenna writes that Brian Mulroney was wise in a way that today’s Conservatives aren’t: In 1987, U.S. president Ronald Reagan and…
The Carbon Tax: In Memorium
Max Fawcett writes that the carbon tax is dead: How did the Trudeau government’s signature climate policy turn into a political albatross? As Ernest Hemingway might say: gradually, then suddenly.…